duration
noun
the length of time something continues or exists (often used withthe ).
durational
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a word derived from
duration.
Example Sentences
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Adding a hyper-meta art moment, MOCA’s current durational performance, “Police State” by Pussy Riot frontwoman Nadya Tolokonnikova, continued until 6 p.m. inside the building, just without its usual live audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
The cleaning was part of a durational performance piece, held over three days, put on by three women artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
He added, seemingly in the third person, “The Recording Artist has since changed his mind about the singles model, and is again interested in more durational bodies of work.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Gosti says the five-hour, durational performance was created in a response to the architecture and history of the building, and relationship to bodies and time.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2022
The philosophy of the complex vision does not believe in "spirit" or "life-force" or "durational streams of tendency."
From The Complex Vision by John Cowper Powys
